Spending

President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024.

Musk comments about feud with Trump, says he regrets ‘some’ of his posts

Washington Examiner Staff · June 11, 2025 6:11 am

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Beltway Confidential

Trump’s criticism of Rand Paul is wrong and misguided

Christopher Tremoglie · June 4, 2025 12:59 pm

Trump blasts Rand Paul over ‘big, beautiful bill’

Washington Examiner Staff · June 4, 2025 5:06 am

Content creators Kerry Robertson, from left, Sari Beth Rosenberg and Juan Acosta Macias are pictured during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

Fast fashion could take a hit from Trump’s tariffs, hurting influencers livelihood

Lauren Green · May 31, 2025 6:00 am

National Fraternal Order of Police issues ‘strong praise’ for ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’

Washington Examiner Staff · May 30, 2025 5:21 am

Elon Musk expresses disappointment with Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Washington Examiner Staff · May 28, 2025 2:28 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

The three factions holding up Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’

Zach Halaschak · May 17, 2025 7:00 am

FILE - Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference, July 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

SALT caucus spurns key corporate offset for larger tax deduction

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2025 7:12 pm

Lawmakers want $2.25M for nuclear siting study to power Wisconsin, new data centers

Jon Styf | The Center Square · April 24, 2025 1:39 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber after an essential procedural vote passed in the House to advance President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities on spending reductions and tax breaks

Trillions in spending cuts? What to know as GOP starts writing huge tax bill

Zach Halaschak · April 22, 2025 6:00 am

Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint legislative session in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 9, 2024, in Olympia.

Beltway Confidential

Washington state wants $12 billion more in taxes for out-of-control spending

Zachary Faria · April 18, 2025 2:44 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., make statements to reporters ahead of vote in the House to pass a bill on President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities of spending reductions and tax breaks,

Here are the major dilemmas facing the GOP as it writes tax overhaul

Zach Halaschak · April 17, 2025 7:00 am